Undermining Justice The U.S. Justice Department announced it was dismissing two more price fixing cases against poultry companies. This follows two other cases dismissed last month, and not guilty verdicts by jury against five other defendants that constituted the agency’s third failed attempt to prosecute them. It is a miserable record. The agency said it is ending the latest cases “in an effort to conserve the resources of the Court, the parties, and the public.” The Biden Administration has made clear that it sees anticompetitive practices by agribusiness, and it is pursuing legal actions against the industry. It falsely blames companies for inflation and is clearly chasing ghosts. Worse, it is undermining confidence i...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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